Brush



(Mqdel) J. 'L. WHITING.

BRUSH. No. 271,559.. Patented Jan.30,1883.

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BRUSH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 271,559, dated January 30, 1883.

Application filed June 1, 1882. (Model) To all whom it may concern Be it known-that I, JOHN L. WHITING, a citizen of the United States, residing at Boston, in the county of Sufiolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Brushes; and I do hereby declare'that the same are fully described in the following specification and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to an improvement upon the brush secured to me by Letters Patent No. 81,966, dated September 8, 1868. The brush as constructed under said patent has a series of pointed fingers or projections extending out from the butt-end of the handle, the bristles are arranged in the spaces between these fingers, and the mass of bristles thus penetrated by the fingers or projections is inclosed by a straight cylindrical ferrule that is fitted to the butt of the handle. 1 find that in this and in other brushes the bristles are liable to fall out, and especially those next to the ferrule.

It is the object of my present invention to remedy such defect; and to such end my improvement consists in the combination, with the handle having a series of pointed fingers projecting from its butt and inserted into the mass of bristles, of a barrel-shaped metal cyl-- inder formed of a single piece and contracted at its ends, said ferrule thus constructed being applied to the handle so as to extend down to the points of the fingers and to impinge at its lower end upon the bristles SLllIOlllHllllg the set of fingers, as illustrated in the annexed drawings, in which- Figure 1 represents a central longitudinal section of a paint-brush made in accordance with my invention; Fig. 2 represents an end view of the handle and ferrule before the bristles are attached thereto; and Fig. 3 represents a perspective view of the barrel or hub shaped ferrule.

Similar letters refer to similar parts wherever they occur on the different parts of the drawings. T

In the drawings, A indicates the handle, (4

its butt, and a a a theseries of pointed fingers or projections extending therefrom into the mass of the bristles B, as in my said patent.

0 indicates the sheet-metal barrel or hub shaped ferrule, made with an increased diameter midway between its ends, as shown, and

the buttof the handleA is particularly adapted to the manufacture of the larger kinds of brushes, which could not be made practically with a single projection on the butt of the handle combined with a cylindrical ferrule. By the combination of the barrel or hub shaped metallic ferruleU and the series of projections a a a on the butt of the handle A, thelatter is more easily driven as compared with a straight or cylindrical ferrule, and as the barrel or hub shaped ferrule G is of increased diameter midway between its ends, the ends of the bristles are allowed to expand freely when the projections a a a are driven among them and expanded against the narrower end of the ferrule, by which the bristles are confined very firmly to the handle and ferrule. Itwill be seen that the lower end of the ferrule is on a line with the ends of the points or fingers a, so that it will impinge upon the bristles and hold them firmly against the lower portion of the fingers. The bristles spread outsomeWha-t in the space left between the middle of the ferrule and the fingers, so that the bristles will necessarily be more securely retained in place, and it will be evident that cement distributed in said space among theends of the bristles will, when dry, render it impossible to pull out the bristles. .Where the walls of the ferrule are parallel with the fingers, however, as in my said patent, the above object cannot be attained, and the bristles will not be pinched by the lower end of the ferrule, as in the present instance. The ferrule is formed in one piece, and is hence strong and durable.

Iain aware thatabrush has been made with the handle passed through awooden plug and the lower pointed end of the handle extended out from the plug into the mass of bristles, a ring or thimble being fitted upon the plug and having its lower contracted end adapted to bind upon the bristles between the plug and the pointed end of the handle; but such brush lacks the elementot' the fingers projecting from unwrapped or its coils separated so as to destroy the efliciency of the brush. Also, a hollow brush-handle has been formed with a barrel-shaped butt, in which the bristles are received, the bristles in such instance being bound by twine. Numerous other brushes have been patented in which the butt-end 0f the bristles is held by a ferrule-as, for example, the handle has been provided with a tongue, which is inserted in the mass of bristles, and an elastic rubber band sprung over the meeting ends of the handle and bristles. Also, a cylindrical cap provided with points extending below its lower edge has been fitted on ahandle and the projections on a line with the outer ends of said projections, as shown, and for the purpose setforth.

In testimony whereof I have aflixcd my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN L. \VHITING.

\Vitnesses:

ALBAN ANDREN, HENRY CHADBOURN. 

